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New Horizons and the Future Beyond (Space Stuff)

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Juice, Jul 10, 2015.

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  1. Nettdata

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    Just shared some of the key shots in case you didn't want to wade through 4 hours of footage.

    I wish SpaceX was public... I'd invest in a heartbeat.
     
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    All while the starship it launched is in proper orbit.

    OK, I'll stop posting now... lol but this is just too fucking cool, and way more worth talking about than stupid political shit.

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    That's pretty badass.
     
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    ikr?
     
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    I saw it described as "skyscraper flew to space, came back, and parallel parked" or something like that.
     
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    All in under 8 minutes.
     
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    Watching the landing approach, and knowing that those directional fins on the end are what it actually hangs from, is pretty fucking cool.
     
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    And, also, hohum the Starship returned and splashed down, too. lol
     
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    Wake me up when something exciting happens. lol

    Crazy how some of this stuff just becomes so normal.
     
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    We were finally able to get a good view of the tsuchinshan-atlas comet last night. Photo taken with Samsung phone on night mode, 4 second exposure, so it wasn't this visible to the naked eye. It was still very visible and the tail was so long.

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    I know we don't have Jetsons cars or Uber to the Moon yet or anything, but man, when you see stuff like this?

    https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1845966756579627167?t=Ea9JbbNe-hn397TMoBd_1g&s=19

    We landed on the Moon after I was born. And then it seems like we were GOING and we had the Space Shuttle! And, then that got routine and explody and then out-of-date, and we already beat the Russians. So . . . other than sending out telescopes and probes (both awesome), it seemed we were stagnant. Now, we might be on Mars in my lifetime. Fuckin' A.
     
    #792 Rush-O-Matic, Oct 15, 2024
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    It is one thing to improve rockets and make them more efficent for use around earth and quite another to send manned ship to Mars. I can see going back to the moon, but the money involved to go to Mars? Show me the financing first.
     
    #793 Puffman, Oct 16, 2024
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    It's privately financed, and I don't know how to access those records.
     
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